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A terrific group of He-Man fans have accepted the challenge to watch all 130 Episodes of the 1983 Filmation Cartoon Series “He-Man and the Masters of the Universe“ for 130 days straight, one episode per day. They are the RE-WATCH-A-THON-ERS!
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Today’s Episode is:
Dree Elle’s Return
| PRODUCTION NUMBER | EPISODE TITLE | DIRECTOR | WRITERS | PREMIERE DATE | RE-WATCH-A-THON DATE |
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| MU53 | “Dree Elle’s Return” | Lou Kachivas | Robby London | November 14, 1983 | Jan 18 |
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| Synopsis: Orko’s girlfriend, Dree Elle, and her little brother, Yukkers, return to Eternia because Trap Jaw and Clawful have stolen the Horn of Evil from their dimension. | |||||
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OUR REVIEW:
While an amazing story could have been crafted around the terrific transformation powers of the Horn of Evil, the subpar writing doesn’t do the artifact nor the episode justice. Stick around for the song at the climax, if you dare. (4/10)
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Tomorrow’s Episode is: “Game Plan”
That song is cringey af 🤣
This episode has to be in contention for worst in the series, worse than “The Greatest Show in Eternia” and “The Starchild”, and I can sum it up with two things: Yuckers and that abomination of a song. Outside of Montork and Dre-Elle, I don’t think there’s a guest star Trollan that’s not annoying.
Which is a shame because this episode has some enjoyable pieces: Clawful is a welcome addition 52 episodes in as another (competent) Evil Warrior, and He-Man saving the villagers is fun. Plus it has probably my favorite “Cringer objects to transforming “ moment in the series when he rolls his eyes and says “Oh, twice in one day – Orko better appreciate this!” It’s animated beautifully and is genuinely funny.
That song is the WORST! If you’re questioning your reasons to live don’t watch this episode lol.
Pretty poor episode. There’s not much good to say about it. Clawful’s appearance is cool but did anybody else get annoyed with his voice? What’s with all the reverb?
As a guy who loves Orko, I can only take so much Trollan in one episode.
I love Clawful. I think I saw another episode he was in, can’t remember which, but he’s quickly become one of my favorite Evil Warriors. Anyone else agree he’s also probably one of the most well animated characters in the show facial expression wise?
Though I’m confused why they gave characters like him and Fisto……."metallic" filtered voices I guess you could say? It’s just weird.
This episode would’ve been way better without Dree Elle and Yakers and more Clawful
“At least Orko’s around when things come up."
“That’s what worries me."
Always love Man-at-Arms’ subtle snarks about Orko
The song is possibly the low point of the Filmation era.
3 stars. I don’t hate this one like others do – animation is great, clawful is awesome and the episode is overall fun, megacheese song and all.